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Linux® applicability to PC-based measurement and control applications is rapidly growing. As experts in PC-based measurement and automation, National Instruments offers software and hardware products for creating and running virtual instruments on the Linux OS including NI LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI and more than 200 data acquisition, modular instrumentation, and instrument control devices.

National Instruments. LabVIEW 8 for Linux

National Instruments LabVIEW is an industry-leading software tool for designing test, measurement, and control systems. By using the integrated NI LabVIEW environment to interface with real-world signals, analyze data for meaningful information, and share results, you can boost productivity throughout your organization. Because LabVIEW has the flexibility of a programming language combined with built-in tools designed specifically for test, measurement, and control, you can create applications that range from simple temperature monitoring to sophisticated simulation and control systems. No matter your project, LabVIEW has the tools necessary to make you successful quickly.

LabVIEW 8 for Linux, the latest version of the LabVIEW graphical development platform, includes numerous new features for test and control applications. These features include:

• Project-based development for large applications
• Simplified distributed communication with the shared variable
• Instrument Driver Finder for locating and installing instrument drivers
• Instrument Driver Project Wizard for developing instrument drivers
• Project library for restricted code reuse
• Redesigned Application Builder
• 150 new and enhanced analysis VIs
• Structures for disabling code during compilation and execution
• Splitter bars for creating professional user interfaces
• XY graph planes (Nyquist, Nichols, Z Plot, S Plot)
• Simplified VI Server programming with LabVIEW Class Browser
• Mixed-signal graph for displaying both analog and digital data
• Custom run-time shortcut menus for front-panel controls and indicators
• Additional front-panel object events including data drag and drop

LabVIEW includes hundreds of built-in functions designed specifically for extracting useful information from acquired data and for analyzing measurements and processing signals.

LabVIEW also provides tools for user interface design, data presentation, communication via TCP/IP, Web publishing, report generation, data management, and integrating external code.